The Viper really was discontinued due to it not meeting 2018 crash standards and testing protocol and it would have cost FCA too much to re-engineer certain parts (things like fitment of side torso and head curtain airbags and stronger roof pillars) of the car to meet crash tests, esp being a very low volume car. Not to mention, the Challenger Hellcat and Demon beat it in pretty much everything else and for less money. FCA more than likely won't ever bring the Viper back, and modern safety regulations barely allow for cars like it to be built.

Zero, GM could put an interior worthy of a Rolls in there and they'd still find something to gripe about. They can't really fault them for anything else so they have to come up with something.

Well it's their own fault, no one else's. They've made trash/junk interiors for so many years that people expect it. The new Corvette and Escalde, again are supposed to be breakthroughs. We've heard this before, but we'll see.

Zero. No matter what C&D will complain about an interior. Keep the same interior and change the badge and all of a sudden they'd love it. They love to remind GM it has made mistakes in the past anytime they can.

The competition always had to point to "fit and finish" or seat support, or something other than performance to explain why their car that cost so much more wasn't any faster. Now with this new one; you can just multiply all that by ten.

What are the chances this comes out of the gate with no negative reviews of the interior?

I take it most of you have never sat in a Porsche 911 with a nicely optioned interior. If you had, you would understand why GM vehicles, including the Vette, get such poor reviews. Every single square inch of the 911's interior oozes quality and luxury and it smells amazing too. The Vette's interior is a cheap, plastic hellscape and smells strange.

Don't get me wrong, I get the fact that a nicely optioned 911 could be nearly double the price of a Vette, but there is some validity to the reviews knocking the Vette's interior. There are cars that cost $20-30K less than the Vette that have more luxurious and well appointed interiors.

I hope the C8 fixes the issue, though I wouldn't count on it based on the fact that there are exactly zero vehicles in the entire GM lineup that have a nice interior currently. From the cheapest Chevy to the most expensive Caddy, they are all awful.

Zero. No matter what C&D will complain about an interior. Keep the same interior and change the badge and all of a sudden they'd love it. They love to remind GM it has made mistakes in the past anytime they can.

Exactly, same way they keep bringing up the Cimarron. That last of those died in a junk yard 30 years ago but they seem to have to mention it in every single Caddy article.

I take it most of you have never sat in a Porsche 911 with a nicely optioned interior. If you had, you would understand why GM vehicles, including the Vette, get such poor reviews. Every single square inch of the 911's interior oozes quality and luxury and it smells amazing too. The Vette's interior is a cheap, plastic hellscape and smells strange.

Don't get me wrong, I get the fact that a nicely optioned 911 could be nearly double the price of a Vette, but there is some validity to the reviews knocking the Vette's interior. There are cars that cost $20-30K less than the Vette that have more luxurious and well appointed interiors.

I hope the C8 fixes the issue, though I wouldn't count on it based on the fact that there are exactly zero vehicles in the entire GM lineup that have a nice interior currently. From the cheapest Chevy to the most expensive Caddy, they are all awful.

The 2009 911 I rode in didn't have a better interior than my 2009 Corvette did.

The 2009 911 I rode in didn't have a better interior than my 2009 Corvette did.

The last 911 I rode in was a 2006 and the interior was so much nicer than even a 2019 C7 Vette, that I find it impossible to take you seriously when you say a C6 Vette had an interior on par with a 911. The C7's interior is sub-par. The C6's interior was just a straight-up joke.

Zero. No matter what C&D will complain about an interior. Keep the same interior and change the badge and all of a sudden they'd love it. They love to remind GM it has made mistakes in the past anytime they can.

Right. They have to find something subjective to complain about, because when comes to anything that can be quantified; they don't look so good next to the Corvette.

The last 911 I rode in was a 2006 and the interior was so much nicer than even a 2019 C7 Vette, that I find it impossible to take you seriously when you say a C6 Vette had an interior on par with a 911. The C7's interior is sub-par. The C6's interior was just a straight-up joke.

The C4 interior was by far the worst, in both appearance, materials and fit and finish. Its also why ppl ponied up for the Japanese Sports cars from that era over the Vette, although in truth, a Nissan 300 ZX turbo was a Corvette beater in its time, but had a MUCH nicer interior and was about the same price.

It won't hurt Ferrari sales. That's a prestige thing. But they do take a shot to the balls knowing there's a car under $70k that can give them a run for their money. Takes some of the fun out of buying $250k supercar...

It won't hurt Ferrari sales. That's a prestige thing. But they do take a shot to the balls knowing there's a car under $70k that can give them a run for their money. Takes some of the fun out of buying $250k supercar...

Not a huge population, but Cayman/Boxster owners might decide the V8 Vette is a better replacement than the 4 banger 718 or the $100k+ 911.

Ok, I guess I can believe it now. I am glad they are sticking with a big displacement pushrod V8. It provides a lighter weight and lower deck height than an DOHC engine would, and I think the real heart and soul of a Vette is that pushrod power. Let the Z06 have what ever exotic engine they want to stick in there, kind of like the LT-5 Powered ZR-1s of yore, as long as it still has a pushrod engine and provides crazy bang for the buck it's still a Vette. I'm hoping (Probably very wishful thinking) that it will have a sub $70,000 base price but I think that will be to much to ask.

Remember, a DOHC V-8 with or without twin turbos or hybrid will be available on other versions of the Vette. The base engine for now is the 6.2L pushrod. More than likely that will be phased out for the naturally aspirated version of the 5.5L DOHC V-8.

Remember, a DOHC V-8 with or without twin turbos or hybrid will be available on other versions of the Vette. The base engine for now is the 6.2L pushrod. More than likely that will be phased out for the naturally aspirated version of the 5.5L DOHC V-8.

In an ideal world, they'd keep the current Corvette Grand Sport with its 7MT and 460hp but at a lower price point, selling alongside the new model. There's gotta be a huge built-in markup or the Corvette. I know, it won't happen.